Tag: SERAP

SERAP sues Wike, governors, over failure to account for N40tn LGA allocations
Business

SERAP sues NNPC over failure to disclose oil revenue proceeds

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited for “failure to disclose details of Nigeria’s daily oil production, exportation, and total amounts of revenues generated from oil since the removal of petrol subsidy in May 2023.” The Federal High Court in Abuja received a lawsuit filed by SERAP […]

SERAP sues Wike, governors, over failure to account for N40tn LGA allocations
Business

Why SERAP sued CBN over KYC social media policy

The Central Bank of Nigeria is being sued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project over its proposed Know-Your-Customer social media policy. SERAP’s attorneys, Mr. Kolawole Oluwadare and Ms. Blessing Ogwuche filed the lawsuit on behalf of the organization, alleging “the failure to delete the patently unlawful provisions in the Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) […]

SERAP
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SERAP warns World Bank against $800m loan to FG

Kazeem Owoseni A human rights organization, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has warned the World Bank to shelve the idea of disbursing the $800 million loan recently requested, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The group, in a letter issued on May 13, by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare instructed the World Bank to only […]

FG owes N100bn electricity bill debt - Distributors
Electricity

Electricity: SERAP sues Buhari over tariff hike

Oluwanifemi Ojo     The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), over “the failure to reverse the unlawful, unjust, and unreasonable increase in electricity tariff, and to probe the spending of public funds as ‘investments and bailouts’ to DisCos and GenCos since 2005.”   Attorney-General […]

FG halts planned 5% tax on GSM calls, SMS
News Telecommunications

SIM-NIN: Telecom consumers set to sue FG, demand policy suspension

TELECOMMUNICATION subscribers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers have said they are set to drag the Federal Government to court in May in a bid to temporarily suspend the government’s barring of subscribers’ outgoing calls. On Monday, April 4, the Federal Government ordered telecom companies to bar outgoing calls on all […]